Jeffrey Brewer

Jeffrey Brewer is founder and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical. Since his son’s 2002 diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Jeffrey has been a thought leader and influencer in the diabetes community, first as a philanthropist who funded and launched the Artificial Pancreas Project along with JDRF Intl., then as JDRF’s CEO where he forged partnerships with industry to drive medical device innovation in diabetes. Jeffrey spearheaded US regulatory reform and elevated JDRF’s strategic priorities to include healthcare policy, reimbursement, and technology access. Previous to his work in diabetes, Jeffrey was an active entrepreneur where he founded and led highly successful dot-com start-ups including CitySearch and Overture / GoTo.com.